Assertion: The interim government took a firm stance against the possible division of India into small principalities of different sizes.
Reason: Before 15 August 1947, peaceful negotiations had brought almost all states whose territories were contiguous to the new boundaries of India, into the Indian Union.
Assertion: India adopted representative democracy based on the parliamentary form of government.
Reason: These features ensure that the political competition would take place in a democratic framework.
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Assertion: It was decided to follow the principle of religious majorities for the partition.
Reason: The process of partition was smooth and none of the violence took place.
Assertion: The British Government took the view that all these 565 states were free to join either India or Pakistan or remain independent if they so wished.
Reason: This was a very serious problem and could threaten the very existence of a united India.
Assertion: The Nizam of Hyderabad never negotiated with Sardar Patel. He did not at all agreed to accept any offer to join India.
Reason: The Nizam wanted an independent status for Hyderabad.
Assertion: The Constitution also set out in the Directive Principles of State Policy the welfare goals that democratic politics must achieve.
Reason: On 14-15 August 1947, not one but two nation-states came into existence – India and Pakistan.
Assertion: The problem was that two of the Muslim majority provinces of British India, Punjab and Bengal, had very large areas where the nonMuslims were in majority.
Reason: It was decided that these two provinces would be bifurcated according to the religious majority at the district or even lower level.
Assertion: The Indian National Congress initially postponed the plan for linguistic state reorganization after independence.
Reason: The Congress was focused on addressing the status of princely states and the immediate challenges following partition.
Assertion: The creation of linguistic states in India was seen as a potential threat to national unity.
Reason: The formation of Andhra Pradesh in 1952 sparked further demands for state reorganization on linguistic lines across the country.
Assertion: The integration of princely states into the Indian Union was largely due to the efforts of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Reason: Sardar Patel's approach included offering complete autonomy to all princely states as a condition for their accession.
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